Low friction linear tracking tonearm- Thomas Bowden has patented his own version

A commitment to audio fidelity has landed a Richmond lawyer his first patent and a chance to potentially get a taste of the music business.

Thomas Bowden has patented his own version of a tone arm, the part of a record player that attaches to the needle that plays the vinyl records. The patent was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in May.

Bowden?s tone arm design is meant to decrease the distortion-creating friction caused by the contact of the needle with the spinning vinyl. Bowden said his tone arm design makes it so a record player?s needle mimics the movement of the lathe that forms the grooves on records when they?re made. Bowden said doing so creates a sound that is truer to the recording.

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